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UBND TỈNH TIỀN GIANG <b>CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM</b>
<b>SỞ GIÁO DỤC& ĐÀO TẠO</b> Độc lập - Tự do – Hạnh phúc

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<b> KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYÊN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 DỰ THI CẤP TỈNH</b>

Khóa ngày 25. tháng 02 năm 2010

<b>Đề chính thức</b> Môn TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )

( Đề gồm 5 trang

<b>)---PART I : LISTENING COMPREHENSION</b> : ( 2.0 pts )

(Thí sinh nghe 02 đoạn băng mỗi đoạn 02 lần. Bắt đầu phần nghe và kết thúc phần nghe đều có Bản
<i>Giao Hưởng Số 9 của Beethoven. Băng đã được ghi đủ số lần, giám thí mở cho máy chạy từ đầu tới </i>
<i>cuối khơng cần trả băng. Giữa các đoạn có khoảng im lặng để thí sinh làm bài) </i>

<b>Question 1</b> : Listen to the recording then state whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE. The
recording will be played twice :

1. Hans Huser is a skier. ____________

2. He is Swiss and lives in a villa by the sea. ____________
3. He does different things in summer and in winter. ____________
4. He plays sports with his two sons when he has no work.. ____________

<b>Question 2</b> : Listen to the recording then pick out ONE best option ( A,B,C or D ) to complete each
sentence. The recording will be played twice :

1. What city is it about ? It ‘s about ……..

A. Bam ford B. Oxford C. Stratford D. Cambridge .

2. The town is

A. new with a traffic problem B. old with narrow streets
C. small with many cars

D. not large enough but the city centre has enough parking space
3. The Planning Department

A. changed the traffic system B. conducted a traffic survey

C. were asked many questions D. wanted people to make 5 questions
4. Which one is NOT among their 5 questions ?

A. How old are you ? B. Can you ride ?

C. Where do you live ? D. How do you come to town ?

<b>PART II: READING COMPREHENSION</b> : ( 6.0 pts )

<b>Question 3</b>: Read the passage below then state whether the following sentences are TRUE or
FALSE :

VALENTINE’S DAY

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flowers, offering gifts, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). That is, Valentine's Day

is the traditional day on which lovers in the West let each other know about their love.

The day is now most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of
"valentines". Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves and the figure
of the winged boy angel. Starting in the 19th century, hand writing notes has largely given way
to the exchange of mass-produced greeting cards. The Greeting Card Association ( Hiệp Hội )
estimates that world-wide approximately one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making
the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year just behind Christmas. The

Association also estimates that women buy approximately 85 percent of all valentines.
In the United States in the second half of the 20th century, exchanging cards has been

extended to include the giving of gifts, usually from the man to the woman. Such gifts typically
(điễn hình ) include roses and chocolate. Starting in the 1980s, the diamond industry began to
promote Valentine's day as occasion for the giving of fine jewelry.

A dinner date on Valentine's Day is often regarded as indicating that a dating couple is involved
in ( dính dáng vào ) a serious relationship.

In the United States the day has come to be associated ( liên hệ với ) as well with a basic
spiritual ( về mặt tinh thần ) greeting of "Happy Valentine's", which may be said by men to
their female friends, but rarely to other male friends.

The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately 190 million valentines are sent
each year in the US. Half of those valentines are given to family members other than husband or
wife, usually to children. When you include the valentine-exchange cards made in school activities
the figure goes up to 1 billion, and teachers become the people receiving the most valentines.

The rise of Internet popularity ( sự ưa chuộng ) at the turn of the 21st_{century is creating new}

traditions. Millions of people use, every year, digital means of creating and sending Valentine's Day
greeting messages such as cards, love coupons or printable greeting cards. About 15 million
e-valentines will have been sent in 2010.

There are some families, however, who choose to find other means of honoring Saint Valentine on
Valentines Day. Many of these traditions involve bonfires, for fire is said to represent passion
In history, there were several saints called Valentine who were probably related to Valentine’s Day.
The perhaps most important Saint Valentine was mentioned in an old book (1493). The book had a
portrait in it. With the portrait of Valentine, the story tells that he was a Roman priest ( linh mục )
martyred during the time of Claudius II of Rome. Now Claudius II was a very bad emperor. He
made many terrible wars and he wanted the men to fight for him but the men didn’t want to.
Claudius thought that what made the men go against him was their own families, so he ordered that
no marriages be allowed. Valentine was a very good, kind priest of Rome. He helped the Romans a
lot then. As a result, he was arrested and put in prison as he was caught helping Christian couples to
marry each other or aiding Christians who were at the time being persecuted ( bị xét xử ) by
Claudius in Rome. Helping Christians at this time was considered a crime. Claudius took a liking to
this prisoner -- until Valentine tried to cause the Emperor to change his mind -- whereupon this
priest was condemned ( kết tội ) to death. He was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that didn't
finish him, he was beheaded ( bị chặt đầu ) outside the Flaminian Gate. That was about AD 269.

1. The author is sure that Valentine’s Day is named after only one early Christian martyr living
in AD 496.

2. “valentines” means Saints Valentine.

3. Hand written greeting cards have replaced mass-produced ones..

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5. If a dating couple accept mutual invitations to a dinner on Valentine’s Day, then they are
serious about each other.

6. In the USA, it is common that men say “ Happy Valentine’s Day” to their other male
friends. .

7. The U.S Greeting Card Association uses e-valentines to honor Saint Valentine on Valentine’s
Day by sending bonfires for, they say, fire represents passion. .

8. Claudius II hated Valentine because the priest helped the couples in love to get married to
each other and the people being persecuted by Claudius.

<b>Question 4</b> : These announcements appear at some places only. Match each announcement ( 1 –
8 ) with a proper place ( A – J ) where it usually appears :

Announcements Appearing places

1. No trespassing.
2. Ozone friendly
3. Oral use only
4. Rechargeable
5. Please don’t fold it
6. Mind your steps !
7. Shake well before use
8. Keep off the grass

A. In a park

B. On a battery

C. On a pot or bottle of chemical or

paint

D. At the movies or cinema
E. On a box or bottle of medicine
F. On refrigerators or aerosol containers
G. At the entrance of forest

H. On a warning sign
I. In a slippery staircase

J. On an envelope with photos enclosed

<b>Question 5</b> : Fill in each numbered blank with ONE word chosen from the list below to complete
the meaning of the passage :

such when consists linked

Earth's system new led

The <b>Internet</b> is a global <b>…( 1 )...</b> of interconnected computer networks that serve billions of users
worldwide. It is a network of networks that <b>…( 2 )…</b> of millions of private and public, academic,
business, and government networks of local to global scope that are <b>…( 3 )…</b>by a broad array of
electronic and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast array of information
resources and services, most importantly the World Wide Web (WWW) and the electronic mail.
Most traditional mass media, <b>…( 4 )…</b>as telephone and television services, are reshaped or
redefined using the technologies of the Internet, giving rise to ..<b>.( 5 )… </b>services. Newspaper
publishing has been changed into Web sites and blogging. The Internet has enabled or urged the
creation of new forms of human interactions through instant messaging, chatting, Internet forums,
and social networking sites.

The origins of the Internet dated back to the 1960s <b>…( 6 )…. </b>the United States provided money for
research projects of its military agencies to build powerful computer networks. This research
produced worldwide participation in the development of new networking technologies and <b>…( 7 )…</b>

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<b>PART III : GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY</b> : ( 8.0 pts )

<b>Question 6</b> :

1. Pick out ONE word that has the underlined syllable pronounced differently from the others in
each case :

a) many, man , land , candy , alphabet
b) comb , climb , combine , plumber , dumb
c) music , museum , mausoleum , houses , news
d) a lien , planet , sample , standard , fashion

2. Pick out ONE word that is of different kind or part of speech from the others in each
case:

a) grocery, bakery, stationery, toiletry, scenery
b) poet, adult, guest, groom, ghost

c) Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Jewish
d) tropical, optional, logical, principal, tidal

<b>Question 7</b> : Write the verbs in the numbered brackets into its correct tense and form :

Dennis Heal is a politician. He ….(1. go)…. to Oxford University in 1950 and became a
member of Parliament for the Labour Party in 1957. He …(.2. be)… an MP since then. He often
writes stories. He …(3. write)… three story books including his autobiography. He is married to the

artist, Anna Heal, and they …(4. have)… two children. They …(5. live)… in Oxford for 15 years,
then …(6. move)… to London in 1970. They now …(7. live)… in Cadogan Square in central
London. Dennis hopes that they …(8. come )… and see us in New York some day.

<b>Question 8</b> : Fill in each blank in these sentences with the suitable form of the words in brackets :
1. The Vietnamese people are ________ with the world. ( friendship )

2. Malay is their _______ language. ( nation )

3. For centuries, poets, writers and _________ have mentioned the ao dai.in poems, novels and
songs. ( music )

4. ________, the ao dai was frequently worn by both men and women. ( tradition)

5. The sale of jeans stopped growing due to the worldwide ________ situation getting worse.
( economy )

6. Nowadays, viewers can watch a ________ of local and international programs on different
channels. ( vary )

7. Conditional Type 2 is used to express a present ______ or contrary-to-present condition.
( real )

8. Pompeii was completely _______in A.D. 79 by an eruption of Mt Vesuvius.
( destruction )

<b>Question 9</b> : Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words given in such a way that they
remain the same meaning as the old ones :

1. Mary isn’t old enough to get married.

Mary is too ………..

2. He got to London in ten minutes.
It took ………..

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4. “ Where do you live, Jack ?” said Rose
Rose asked ………..

5. Because of the heavy snow, they changed their plan..
Because it ……….

6. She worked hard so she did well in the exam.
If ………..

7. They started playing football when they were 10.
They have ……….

8. His dog is so fierce that no one dares to come to his house.
He has …………

<b>PART IV :WRITING</b> ( 4.0 pts )

<b>Question 10</b> : Write a short passage of argument ( about 100- 120 words ) to persuade your
relative(s) to give up smoking.

<b>Question 11</b> : Your classmates are having a discussion on “ What should we do to stay healthy
and keep fit ? ”. Write the conversation in about 15- 20 conversational exchanges.

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